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Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation
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Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers
In 1918, the U.S. Army Signal Corps, at the insistence of General John J. Pershing, sent 223 American women to France because they were masters of the latest technology: the telephone switchboard
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“Help! I’m Stuck” Genealogy
Genealogy Consultations
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Sports in the Archives Family Day
Sports in the Archives Family Day
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Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower’s Secret Campaign Against Joseph McCarthy
Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower’s Secret Campaign Against Joseph McCarthy
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When the United States Spoke French—The Role of France in the American Revolution and its Aftermath
Authors Larrie Ferreiro and François Furstenberg will discuss French involvement in the Revolutionary War .
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The Truman Doctrine and the Origins of the Cold War
The Truman Doctrine and the Origins of the Cold War
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Story Time in the ReSource Room for Pre-Schoolers and Adults
Story Time in the ReSource Room for Pre-Schoolers and Adults